SETTING UP A SMALL OFFICE NETWORK

I have tried to set up a network in my office, where each of the PCs on the network would be able to access the internet. The system uses an ADSL BROADBAND to access the internet through a SIEMENS MODEM.

One PC in the office is used as the gateway, a P4 with Win XP Pro as O/S. After wiring and connecting all the terminals through a switch, I did setup the network. After setting up, I was only able to access the net on two (2) PCs running Windows 2000.

One PC running Windows 95 would not access the net. Another running Win XP is also not accessing the net. Finally one PC with Windows 98 is also not accessing the net.

Please note that the network ICON on these PCs indicated that communication between the switch and the PCs listed above is OK. In addition I have tested all the sockets wired with a LAPTOP and am satisfied with the response.

WHAT IS IT THAT I HAVE DONE WRONG OR WHAT IS LEFT TO BE DONE. CAN ANYONE OUT THERE HELP.

Are you running ICS? There should be a DHCP/DNS function some where in the
network. If you had a router it could be there, in your case the PC acting
as the gateway performs that function.

Are all nodes able to access at least the gateway, ping, netview, pathping
and route print are useful tools to assist you in discovering what is
happening in the resolution of addresses.

They should be set up (Ipconfg or Winipcfg) to use the local gateway.
Apparently, your system is a workgroup, not a domain...you didn't mention
having a server. How many nodes are on your network? Are you using default
automatic addressing?

First off make sure that all machines can ping there loopback(127=2E0=2E0=2E1) and ther own IP address=2E This verifies that the nic is set up and working properly=2E then ping the gateway to verify connection=2E

With the XP machine make sure the firewall is turned off and then try again=2E Also make sure all systems are in the same workgroup=2E I know XP and 2000 ship with 2 differant default workgroup names=2E Cant remimber about the others=2E

Before concluding ur connections are ok, have u tried pinging the gateway
from all the systems. This will help clarify the problem. If all is ok,
check if the IP addresses are dynamically assigned. Normally the gateway
will be 192.168.0.1 . with ip addresses 192.168.xxx.xxx

Window 95 is problematic with XP for ICS so try upgrading it. Or try using a
static IP address.

assign static ip address on every pc onyour network no mattaer what OS it has.
in ip configuration in gateway put the ip ip address of your gateway machine, in dns you can also put there the ip address of your gateway
eg.
192.168.1.xx ip address
255.255.255.0 subnet mask
192.168.1.1 gateway (ip address of your gateway machine, sopposed to be that this is the ip adress of your gateway
192.168.1.1 DNS (ip address of your gateway machine, sopposed to be that this is the ip adress of your gateway)
or if you know the dns assign by your dsl provider you can put that instead of 192.168.1.1.